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Study Reveals Your Cell Phone May Be the First Thing Others Notice About You

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:10:44 +0000

They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Maybe you shouldn’t judge a person by his phone, either. A new survey of more than 120,000 people in 15 countries has found that 56% of people believe their phone is the first thing people notice about them. Among men, that number creeps up slightly [...]

Rochester Students Phone Catches on Fire in His Pocket, While He Was In Class [VIDEO]

Jeanne Ryan — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:59:22 +0000

A student in Rochester Minnesota had quite the fright yesterday morning as he was sitting in his first hour class in class, when his phone suddenly caught on fire in his pocket. The cell phone burned through his pocket burning his leg, and actually left a burn mark on the floor at the school as [...]

Justin Bieber Barraged by Cell Phones at Madison Square Garden [VIDEO]

Laura Peterson — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:56:55 +0000

Justin Bieber created a monster at Madison Square Garden last week. He made the mistake of taking a few self-portraits with a fan's cell phone...which led to phones being thrown at him on stage. Who wouldn't want Justin Bieber to take a picture of himself with their phone? Well everyone, because he set off a chain reaction

Should There Be a Law Against Using a Phone While Driving? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:09:51 +0000

Currently, 10 states and the District of Columbia ban any cell phone use while operating a motor vehicle. According to a new survey from AutoTrader.com, though, most people would be okay if this restriction spread to the rest of the country.

Nicknames to Avoid Putting Into Your Phone's Contact List [VIDEO]

Nick Cooper — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:38:30 +0000

The days of simply having someone’s name and phone number on your cell phone contact list are long gone. While this isn’t completely new, there is an ever-increasing trend of giving people in your cell phone nicknames rather than entering their actual name. Some people do this to be funny, and others do it to [...]

One Direction Scolded Over $22,000 Cell Phone Bills

Nadine Cheung — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:19:47 +0000

One Direction have taken over the world, and with their mounting popularity comes excessive cell phone bills. That’s right, the boys reportedly racked up $22,000 worth of charges on their recent world tour. Their high voice and data usage shouldn’t come as such a surprise. After all, there are five members of the British boy [...]

Girl Falls Into Sink Hole While Talking On Cell Phone [VIDEO]

Jeanne Ryan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:24:55 +0000

This poor girl in China had a doozy of a conversation while talking on her cell phone, falling 20 feet below the ground. Watch your step while walking and talking or texting on the phone, because the results could be disastrous! In all fairness this construction zone was very poorly marked and looked like regular [...]

What Does the Ear You Use for Phone Calls Say About You?

Shauna Wright — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:45:45 +0000

When you talk on the phone, do you hold it up to your right ear or your left? Scientists say your preference could reveal a lot about you. A new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit found a strong link between brain dominance and the ear used to listen to a call. More [...]

Like Using Your Cell Phone In the Car? A New Device Will Stop You

Kathy Landin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:17:01 +0000

Statistics are showing more and more that cell phone use in cars is a leading cause of accidents. In fact, some research has shown that driving while distracted causes more deaths than driving while under the influence. But, would you buy a new device that prevents you from ever using your cell phone in your car?

The Most Obnoxious Kid of All Time? [VIDEO]

Laura Peterson — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:35:13 +0000

Sometimes all I can do is shake my head at some of the kids in the “Me” generation. I don’t know if that’s an officially coined phrase for the generation of kids growing up now, but it should be. To generalize, some kids of this “Me” generation are more worried about getting the latest and [...]

Celebrities Love Having Nude Pictures on Their Phones, Do You? [POLL]

Tony Hart — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:54:39 +0000

Hackers don't have to work very hard to get nude pictures from celebrities, as it turns out most of them have them on their cell phones. Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis are just the latest in the long line of young celebrities to have nude pictures stolen from their phones.

Chances are hackers don't care about what's on your phone, but if they did, and they got access to your cell would they find pictures that you wouldn't want them, or the world to see? Answer this week's poll question after the jump.

Daughter Shoots Father With Bow and Arrow After Cell Phone Ban [VIDEO]

Tony Hart — Tue, 31 May 2011 15:23:56 +0000

It was a 12th century solution to a 21st century problem.

A 15-year-old in Tahuya, Washington became so enraged when her father took away her cell phone that she shot him with a bow and arrow.

Drunk Man Mistakes Cigarettes for Cell Phone [VIDEO]

Mix 108 Staff — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:00:52 +0000

Cell phones can do many things these days, but you'd be hard-pressed to find one that also satisfies your nicotine craving.

Britain's Sun newspaper reports a drunk driver in Russia pulled over by police tried to make a call with a pack of cigarettes he thought was a cell phone.

Cops pulled over the would-be Marlboro Man after noticing he was driving erratically. When they stopped his vehicle, the man pretended his hand was a cell phone and he began trying to yak away.

Scary News For Smartphone Users!

Laura Peterson — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:19:52 +0000

Like most people, I'm usually skeptical on the validity of emails forwarded through chains of people. A couple people have sent me this video is from an TV station out of Kansas City, Missouri. So it must be credible, right? It's scary to think that predators would have the ability to find our kids (or us for that matter) via pictures we take and upload to our facebook pagers, twitter, and flickr, etc